99 for 99 Timeline By uscbull Period: Jan 1, 1894 to Dec 31, 1903 1st UB Football Era Nov 9, 1894 The Birth of UB Football #24 Nov 20, 1897 1897 Undefeated Team #9 Nov 30, 1899 The 1899 Team Goes Undefeated #8 Nov 29, 1900 The Penn State Series: Buffalo 10, Penn State 0 - Buffalo defeats Penn State in the only metting between the two squads in the 20th Century #47 Sep 6, 1901 President McKinley is shot at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo #50 Sep 28, 1901 Buffalo 5, Columbia 0 - Buffalo upsets the Mighty Lions. #50 Oct 26, 1901 Buffalo 0, Michigan 128 - Yost's Scoring Machine Breaks Buffalo Football. #50 Nov 14, 1903 1903 UB's 50th Game & the Last Game of the 1st Era #85 Period: Sep 1, 1915 to Nov 14, 1942 The Second Era of UB Football Period: Sep 1, 1916 to Nov 26, 1921 The Art Powell Era #33 Nov 23, 1918 The Bison Stampede the Hobart Deacons #96 Nov 3, 1923 Bond, James Bond Gets UB's 50th Victory #69 Period: Oct 4, 1924 to Nov 30, 1928 The Russ Carrick Era #45 Oct 1, 1926 Judd Rosengrant's return gives hope to a doomed season #59 Nov 16, 1929 Malanowicz's Long Run #81 Sep 26, 1931 The Bison Become the Bulls #53 Period: Sep 26, 1931 to Nov 16, 1935 UB Outgunned in the 30's #30 Period: Sep 23, 1932 to Nov 11, 1933 Jim Wilson, UB's Grover Cleveland #25 Oct 19, 1935 UB's 200th Game #20 Oct 3, 1936 First Game of Peele Era #79 Nov 7, 1942 Lockport Lou's Sextet #66 Nov 14, 1942 Last Game of the 2nd UB Era #74 Sep 28, 1946 First Game of the Third Era of UB Football #74 Period: Sep 28, 1946 to May 29, 1970 3rd UB Football Era Nov 9, 1946 100th Win in UB History #79 Nov 23, 1946 Jim Peele Becomes First UB Coach to Win 30 Games #79 Nov 23, 1946 Jim Peele's Bulls finish 7-2 in 1946 #4 Nov 15, 1947 Jim Peele's 1947 Bulls finish 8-1 Oct 30, 1948 UB Defeats Louisville 48-19 En Route to a 6-1-1 1948 Campaign #3 Period: Sep 23, 1950 to Nov 17, 1951 Jim Wilson, UB's Grover Cleveland #25 Oct 7, 1950 Buffalo 13, Niagara 27 - Last Game Against Niagara #7 Sep 29, 1951 Most Attended Home Game of the 1900’s #78 Jan 17, 1952 UB's First Draft Pick #93 Oct 3, 1953 Pete Rao Nabs 4 INTs #60 Jan 7, 1955 Clifford Furnas Inaugurated as 9th Chancellor of UB #66 Oct 1, 1955 Offenhamer's First Win #94 Sep 22, 1956 Chuck Daniels 101-Yard Return Sparks an Opening Day Victory #59 Dec 2, 1957 Frank Woidzik Goes Hollywood #92 Sep 27, 1958 UB Beats Harvard #55 Oct 25, 1958 UB Defeats Columbia #55 Dec 14, 1958 UB Wins the Lambert Cup After an 8-1 Season #2 Jan 21, 1959 Lou Reale to the Giants #91 Nov 21, 1959 The Other Great Season #44 Oct 15, 1960 The UB Victory March is selected as Official Fight Song of UB #86 Nov 4, 1961 UB's 400th Game #52 Sep 22, 1962 Dick Offenhamer Becomes Winningest Coach in UB History #52 Oct 5, 1963 Jim Ryan's Kick Return #76 Nov 30, 1963 Gerry Philbin Drafted 19th Overall by the New York Jets #97 Sep 19, 1964 UB's First Nationally Televised Game #37 Nov 6, 1965 Gerry LaFountain's Record Return #49 Nov 20, 1965 The End of the Offenhamer Era #31 Sep 17, 1966 Doc Urich, Lane Kiffin of the 60's #61 Nov 19, 1966 Leeland Jones Sets Single-Season TD Record #61 Jan 12, 1969 Gery Philbin Wins Super Bowl III #97 Oct 31, 1970 Buffalo 16, Holy Cross 0 - Last home game, last win of UB's third era, ABC regionally televised game. #10 Nov 21, 1970 Buffalo 21, Northern Illinois 43 - Last game of UB's 3rd era a loss to Doc Urich's Huskies: #10 Oct 8, 1977 Buffalo 7, RIT 7 - UB Football Returns, the 4th Era of UB football (1977-present) #10 Period: Oct 8, 1977 to Jun 5, 2013 The Fourth UB Era Sep 23, 1978 UB gets first win since Halloween 1970 #83 Sep 23, 1978 Buffalo 35, Brockport 31 - UB Football's first win in almost 8 years #10 Nov 11, 1978 Quatrani Doesn't Cool Off #83 Nov 14, 1978 Rodriguez and Quatrani Set Records #83 Sep 15, 1979 Rodriguez and Quatrani hook up for 89-Yard TD Reception #83 Sep 12, 1981 Joe D'Amico's Record Setting Opener #42 Period: Jan 1, 1982 to Dec 31, 2003 Steven Sample and William Greiner Push UB to Division I #28 Nov 13, 1982 Pat Whitehead Sets Single Season All Purpose Yards Record #70 Nov 12, 1983 Marty Barrett Becomes Most Prolific Passer in UB History, Most of His Records Stand for a Quarter Century #48 Sep 27, 1986 O.D. Underwood Sets Single Game Record With 232 Rushing Yards #77 Sep 27, 1986 Buffalo 21, Rochester 19 - Last Game Against Rochester #7 Nov 15, 1986 O.D. Underwood Sets Single Season Rushing Record With 1189 Yards #77 Nov 15, 1986 Steve Nappo's 13 Interceptions #22 Sep 5, 1987 O.D. Underwood Opens Season With 95 Yard Kick Return TD #77 Nov 7, 1987 O.D. Underwood Runs for 201 Rushing Yards Against Albany #77 Oct 29, 1988 Buffalo 7, Alfred 27 - Buffalo Plays 600th Game In School History #17 Oct 28, 1989 Bill Dando's Final Win Makes Him Winningest Coach in UB History #17 Sep 22, 1990 For Whom the Alan Bell Tolls; It Tolls for UB #39 Oct 27, 1990 Chaz Ahmed's Big Day #98 Oct 26, 1991 Buffalo 30, Brockport 28, Last Game Against SUNY Brockport #7 Sep 12, 1992 Great Scott! and the Shootout at New Haven #41 Sep 4, 1993 First Game at UB Stadium #57 Oct 16, 1993 Buffalo 6, Buff State 13 - Last Game Against Buff State #7 Nov 13, 1993 UB's Sackmaster: Vince Canosa #12 Sep 2, 1995 Swan Takes Off #36 Sep 16, 1995 Pete Conley Forces 4 Fumbles #75 Oct 7, 1995 Craig Guest Makes 29 Tackles Against Maine, Records 161 on the Season #64 Nov 2, 1996 A Little More Gasparre in the Tank #11 Nov 9, 1996 Mark Taylor's Career High #16 Nov 16, 1996 Running Downhill: The 1996 UB Bulls Finish 8-3 #73 Apr 20, 1997 Ed Ellis Breaks 34 Year Draft Drought #90 Sep 6, 1997 Chad Salisbury Throws for 425 Yards and 3 TDs #58 Sep 27, 1997 Salisbury Throws for 418 Yards #58 Nov 15, 1997 Haddad Swan & Gasparre Set Records #54 Sep 19, 1998 UB Wins 700th Game? #38 Oct 3, 1998 Drew Haddad: Sets Single Game All-Purpose Yardage Record #34 Oct 17, 1998 Buffalo 47, Canisius 0 - Last Game Against Canisius #7 Sep 11, 1999 Buffalo's Return to Division 1-A Football #43 Sep 25, 1999 UB Loses 700th Game? #38 Nov 21, 1999 Drew Haddad breaks his own records, leaves as greatest WR in UB history #89 Apr 16, 2000 Haddad Drafted by Bills #89 Sep 23, 2000 1st MAC Win #99 Nov 4, 2000 1st Overtime Win #72 Nov 11, 2000 Last Game of Cirbus Era #23 Sep 22, 2001 Jim Hofher's First Win #82 Sep 28, 2002 Andre Forde's 200-Yard Day #63 Oct 25, 2003 Buffalo Finally Wins #15 Nov 1, 2003 Pelz Sets Kicker Record with 17 Point Game #19 Sep 11, 2004 The Syracuse Game #67 Aug 29, 2005 Warde Manuel Hired as UB's Athletic Director #56 Nov 12, 2005 Final Game of Hofher Era #23 Dec 16, 2005 Turner Gill Becomes the 23rd Coach of the Buffalo Bulls #56 Aug 31, 2006 Bulls Redefined, The Temple Game #29 Sep 8, 2007 Drew Willy Can't Miss #95 Sep 15, 2007 The Penn State Series: Morelli Shines in Win Over Buffalo #47 Oct 3, 2007 UB True Blue Created #80 Oct 13, 2007 James Starks Runs for 231 Yards #62 Nov 3, 2007 Starks Opens the Miami Game With the 2nd Longest Run in UB History #62 Nov 24, 2007 UB Wins 800th Game, Earns Share of MAC East Division Title #56 Feb 3, 2008 Gemara Williams breaks 40 year drought, becomes 2nd Bull to go to the Super Bowl #13 Apr 27, 2008 Two Bulls Selected in the 2008 NFL Draft #88 Aug 28, 2008 Willy Caves in the Miners with 4 TD Passes #21 Sep 13, 2008 The Catch #5 Sep 20, 2008 Ernest Jackson's Big (XII) Kick Return #59 Oct 19, 2008 Trevor Scott Sacks The NFL #18 Nov 4, 2008 The Election Game #65 Nov 21, 2008 The Bulls Clinch The MAC East #26 Nov 23, 2008 "All or Nothing" #35 Nov 28, 2008 Starks and Roosevelt Cap Off Historic Seasons #51 Dec 5, 2008 Speechless, The 2008 Mid-American Conference Championship #1 Dec 28, 2008 Jamey's Touchdown #46 Jan 3, 2009 The International Bowl #6 Sep 12, 2009 Zach Maynard Shows Potential, Youth... #84 Oct 18, 2009 Trevor Scott Sacks The NFL #18 Dec 12, 2009 The End of the Gill Era, Quinn Hired #14 Feb 7, 2010 Jamey Richards and Drew Willy become first Bulls teammates in the Super Bowl with the Colts. #13 Apr 24, 2010 James Starks is drafted by the Green Bay Packers #87 Sep 2, 2010 Jeff Quinn's First Win #27 Jan 9, 2011 Who Is James Starks? #32 Feb 6, 2011 James Starks starts at RB, becomes 2nd Bull to win the Super Bowl #13 Apr 30, 2011 Josh Thomas Drafted by the Dallas Cowboys #87 Oct 8, 2011 Anderson To Young For the 2nd Longest Pass in UB History #71 Oct 22, 2011 Chazz Anderson Throws for 404 Yards #71 Nov 19, 2011 Branden Oliver Runs for 235 Yards #71 Nov 25, 2011 Oliver Breaks Single Season Rushing Record #71 Nov 3, 2012 Instant Classic - The Joe Licata Era Begins 2012 Instant Classic of the Year
